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Personal data Klaas Jans Fongers 


Household of Klaas Jans Fongers

(1) He is married to Martha Luurts Boekholt.

They got married on June 15, 1867 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 28 years old.Source 3


(2) He is married to Gelske Sytzes Leegstra.

They got married about 1880 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.


Child(ren):

  1. Wietske Fongers  1880-1925

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Klaas Jans Fongers

Klaas Jans Fongers
1839-1918

(1) 1867

Martha Luurts Boekholt
1845-< 1880

(2) ± 1880

Gelske Sytzes Leegstra
1849-1929

Wietske Fongers
1880-1925

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Warffum 1839
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118866808
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1867

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Historical events

Birthday February 19, 1839

  • The temperature on February 19, 1839 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • June 17 » In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
    • July 3 » The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
    • August 19 » The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
    • August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
    • September 9 » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
    • November 25 » A cyclone slams into south-eastern India, with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.

Day of marriage June 15, 1867

  • The temperature on June 15, 1867 was about 14.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
    • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
    • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
    • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
    • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
    • September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.

Day of death October 6, 1918

  • The temperature on October 6, 1918 was between 8.2 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
    • February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
    • March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
    • July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
    • October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
    • November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.


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